I gonna wait until the lists come out before I try to pick a team. There is gonna be a bunch of circumvention type trades just before teams have to put out their final list out. I would imagine that the players Vegas gets in the expansion draft won't be nearly as good as the teams that are coming out in mock drafts.
This is how I would try to build the Knights
1. Don't take any bad contracts. You can reach the cap floor with good contracts too. No need to be helping out teams unless they are going to give ridiculous compensation.
2. Swing for the fences during the UFA window. You have three days to exclusively negotiate with any UFA in the league.
3. Build a team instead of just picking the BPA from each team. Try to get a nice mix of youth, leadership, winning experience, grit etc
4. Get the best goalie you can and build from there. Like the Panthers did with Vanbiesbrouck.
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